Jeremy Crawford Also Leaving D&D Team Later This Month

Jeremy Crawford is leaving Wizards of the Coast later this month. Screen Rant (via me!) had the exclusive announcement. Crawford was the Game Director for Dungeons & Dragons and was one of the guiding forces for D&D over the past decade. In the past year, Crawford has focused on the core rulebooks and leading the team of rules designers. He has also been a face of Dungeons & Dragons for much of 5th Edition, appearing in many promotional videos and DMing Acquisitions Incorporated Actual Play series.

He joins Chris Perkins in leaving the D&D team in recent weeks. Perkins, who was the Creative Director for D&D, announced his retirement last week. Both Perkins and Crawford appear to have left Wizards on their terms, with Lanzillo very effusive with her praise of both men and their contribution in our interview.

On a personal note, I've enjoyed interviewing Jeremy over the years. He was always gracious with his time and answers and is one of the most eloquent people I've ever heard talk about D&D. I'll miss both him and Chris Perkins and look forward to their next steps, wherever that might be.

 

[Micah Sweet]

This kind of complaint is such nonsense. I get it. Revenloft isn't the same as it was in 1993. But this narrative that it is somehow castrated is such naughty word.

But, hey, there’s a simple solution: use the old books. There. Dome. Now you can stop whining.

Any of us are welcome to feel how we want. That doesn't mean said opinions are "naughty word". You just don't agree with it.

 

[SteveC]

yeah, I never heard it mentioned without a relation to D&D. As I said, you need to have lived under a rock to not be aware of it being a D&D game

It's kind of funny that you mention this because I was just going to fire it up and start over with a new build. Outside of that text, there's nothing that says Dungeons and Dragons when you launch the game and start a new game. It does list Wizards of the Coast as copyright holder, but you don't get any of the trade dress.

Now I know that the game is based on D&D, since I played both of the other games and Icwind Dale + Planescape ... you name it. But D&D isn't being advertised by the game or credits. It's something that I didn't even look for because I know the game. If you came into it just wanting an cRPG to play ... I don't think it's very good branding.

 

[Parmandur]

yeah, I never heard it mentioned without a relation to D&D. As I said, you need to have lived under a rock to not be aware of it being a D&D game

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and Playstation and X-Box for good measure too

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I was largely introduced to the concept and history of Dungeons & Dragons by magazine articles about Baldur's Gate back in the day...

 

[mamba]

It's kind of funny that you mention this because I was just going to fire it up and start over with a new build. Outside of that text, there's nothing that says Dungeons and Dragons when you launch the game

by the time you start the game, you own it already, I thought you said marketing....

If you looked into this game at all and you still did miss that it is a D&D game, then that is on you

 

[Nightfly]

I wish more companies cares about their games as GAMES and not just PRODUCTS from which to squeeze REVENUE. I honestly think we get better games that way.

Completely agree! But it's funny you use the word honestly, as if people won't agree with you.

It's like saying, "I honestly think chocolate is better than being kicked in the face."

 

[CleverNickName]

"BG3 isn't D&D" is a very weird (and wrong) argument.

 

[Minigiant]

Disagree. Plenty of smaller companies want their games to be successful and their companies to be profitable, not to get every possible dollar and keep their shareholders numbers going up. And of course, even a bigger company can I believe find a happy medium.

And what "extras" are you talking about that demand companies push so hard on profit?

I mean many fans want their favorite game to be the top with a bunch of the extras WOTC or TSR did.

Tons of settings. Tons of extra classes/races/feats. Tons of adventures . Tons of monsters. Official accessories. Large marketing campaigns. Etc

All of that costs money.

You can't get all of that if the company is putting zero effort in making money.

And fans who say. "Don't buy books" "RPGs should be mostly free" "Gimme free stuff" often forget that the company goes under if you don't buy anything or barely do

 

[kayakingpoodle]

I mean many fans want their favorite game to be the top with a bunch of the extras WOTC or TSR did.

Tons of settings. Tons of extra classes/races/feats. Tons of adventures . Tons of monsters. Official accessories. Large marketing campaigns. Etc

All of that costs money.

You can't get all of that if the company is putting zero effort in making money.

And fans who say. "Don't buy books" "RPGs should be mostly free" "Gimme free stuff" often forget that the company goes under if you don't buy anything or barely do

Sure, but bland content is hard to pay for when better content is cheaper or free elsewhere. A company can only ride on its name alone for so long.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I have to ask, how does Bisexual lighting (which I still can't imagine even if I've seen it) apply to Tasha's?

There is a lot of it in the books that came out around then I guess? Idk it was a silly complaint.

Time will tell, though I'm not a fan of much newer than Tasha's (and only about 1/2 of it) but it is hard not to view this "changing of the guard" as more of a "rats fleeing a sinking ship" seanario than a "hey we've done everything we set out to do and it's time for the next gen to build on the foundation we have left.

H…how?

I genuinely can’t fathom how you could see “rats fleeing the ship” as the more likely scenario.

Also gross way to talk about people.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Sure, but bland content is hard to pay for when better content is cheaper or free elsewhere. A company can only ride on its name alone for so long.

What bland content?